Loading
CULTURE
Living Courtyards at the Lent Festival 2025
CULTURE
Living Courtyards at the Lent Festival 2025
Once again this year, **Living Courtyards** will come alive as part of the Lent Festival! This time, the program will enrich four unique locations: the courtyard at Vojašniški trg 6, the courtyard at Gosposka ulica 28, the courtyard at Krekova ulica 4, and the courtyard at Slovenska ulica 13. You’re warmly invited to explore the diverse program and join us at any of the courtyards—each day brings new experiences, creativity, and social gathering!
SOUTHERN VIKING
Saturday, 21 June at 10:00, Vojašniški trg 6 | Pivec Publishing House
Domen Kodrič is from Maribor, a historian and Viking history enthusiast, and a prominent member of the Maistrov Marpurgov tribe where he acts as Thor’s favourite – warrior, chainmail maker, skald and poet. In 2025 his debut historical‑fantasy novel Southern Viking was published by Pivec Publishing House, blending historical facts and Norse mythology into an epic saga where Bjorn Ironjaw battles human and supernatural foes—and ponders: what if the Vikings didn’t stop in southern Italy, but were beckoned by the northern Adriatic, even drawn to the slopes of Triglav? Domen will also present a unique skald performance to close.
MAGICAL WORLD OF LIGHT
Saturday, 21 June at 16:00, Vojašniški trg 6 | Camera obscura workshop | Gregor Salobir
Join a playful workshop discovering the basic principles of the camera obscura, a simple optical device projecting the outside world onto an internal surface. Under the expert guidance of Gregor Salobir, participants will build their own camera obscura, decorate it creatively, and explore charming nooks of the courtyard at Vojašniški trg 6. Each participant will take their unique creation home! Suitable for ages 8+, parental supervision encouraged.
LENT THEN AND NOW
Saturday, 21 June at 18:00, Vojašniški trg 6 | How Lent has changed | Trafika Association
Houses that once housed over 30 people under today’s unimaginable standards, outhouses on sticks, pit latrines draining into the Drava River, dusty‑mud roads, and even an unexploded bomb resting halfway in water ... Lent was a different world. Join us for the launch of the Lent Then and Now exhibition featuring everyday photographs by Leon Joska and Karl Leskovar and an exceptional documentary by Viljem Klemenčič. The opening includes a conversation with creators and a film screening, hosted by Vid Kmetič and Rok Kajzer. The exhibition runs until 24 June 2025 – open Saturday 10:00‑12:00 & 17:00‑20:00, Sunday & Monday 17:00‑20:00.
POTTERY WORKSHOP
Sunday, 22 June at 16:00, Gosposka ulica 28 | Studio Birka
For over a decade, Studio Birka at Gosposka 28 has enlivened its courtyard with creative craft workshops—from felting since 2012 to clay shaping in recent years. Potter Mateja invites you to a calm, meditative pottery‑wheel experience. Under her guidance, you can craft your own cup or bowl as a lasting memento. Join us for an afternoon of creativity, relaxation, and connection. Suitable for children aged 6+ and adults, no experience required.
LENT EXHIBITION
Sunday, 22 June 10:00–12:00 & 17:00–20:00, Vojašniški trg 6 | Exhibition | Trafika Association
Still presenting everyday photos by Leon Joska and Karl Leskovar documenting life in Lent under past conditions—experience echoes of shared memories and community history. You’re invited to immerse in Lent’s living heritage!
BETWEEN WORLDS
Sunday, 22 June at 18:00, Vojašniški trg | Dance miniatures | Centre for Dance Maribor
Tovarishia Dance Company presents works from its 2024/25 season. Born in the Centre for Dance’s home, Tovarishia creates performances, outdoor happenings and dance films. This Slovenian company blends physical and technical demands with emotive storytelling that never leaves the audience cold. Directed by Tovarishi, they embrace trust, collective evolution, and embracing the eccentric in each other.
Koreographer: Marko Urbanek Gosak
Solo miniature mentor: Katarina Rijavec
Dancers: Tovarishia Dance Company (Maja Arzenšek, Tjaša Šramel, Katarina Rijavec, Amy Anne Kennedy, April Veselko, Ajda Pfifer) with guest performers Ema Breg & Laura Zaverski.
Koreographer: Marko Urbanek Gosak
Solo miniature mentor: Katarina Rijavec
Dancers: Tovarishia Dance Company (Maja Arzenšek, Tjaša Šramel, Katarina Rijavec, Amy Anne Kennedy, April Veselko, Ajda Pfifer) with guest performers Ema Breg & Laura Zaverski.
ANDREJ & IDA
Sunday, 22 June at 19:00, Vojašniški trg 6 | Andrej Vilčnik & Ida Harc
Singer‑songwriters Andrej Vilčnik & Ida Harc—from the same corner of the world—began performing together in 2016 at Kantovanje in Maribor and formed their duo soon after. Both contribute guitar and vocals blending original and covered songs—sometimes cheerful, sometimes melancholic—offering a timeless mix that touches everyone.
LENT EXHIBITION
Monday, 23 June 17:00–20:00, Vojašniški trg 6 | Exhibition | Trafika Association
Continuing Lent Then and Now exhibition with everyday photos by Leon Joska and Karl Leskovar—journey through everyday memories of life in Lent, its people and spaces.
SPONTANEOUS THEATRE
Monday, 23 June at 17:00, Vojašniški trg 6 | Mali pok, Mini pok & Rudolfovi majstri, Banda ferdamana
An improvisational theatre event like none other—fully spontaneous, no script. What you’ll witness will be performed first time ever, never again. Bring your wildest, funniest or oddest ideas—you're not just an audience, you're part of the performance. Together we’ll create pure theatre magic and joy!
ZVEN (SOUND aka ZVEN)
Monday, 23 June at 19:00, Vojašniški trg 6 | Zvezdana Novaković
ZveN – Zvezdana Novaković is a versatile musician and performer, moving between ethnomusic to theatrical soundtracks to electronica. Across a bold ten years she has worked with Laibach, Makarovič, in Bulgaria to Brazil, from ancient traditions to puppetry to opera and jazz. Her voice — ZveN — unites it all. “ZVEN aka Zven” is a solo sound performance built from voice, harp, electronics and composition, fusing ancient and modern into a timeless ancestral song.
LENT EXHIBITION
Tuesday, 24 June 17:00–20:00, Vojašniški trg 6 | Exhibition | Trafika Association
Final day of the Lent Then and Now exhibition with photos by Leon Joska and Karl Leskovar—experience a living archive of Lent’s heritage.
OMA AND THE FIR MILLENNIUM
Tuesday, 24 June at 19:00, Krekova ulica 4 | Nataša Kramberger & Samo Kutin
“I greet you from tomorrow’s lands, seen by farming souls on their flight over the world.” (Fabrizio De André, Anime Salve) Oma awakens but her body won’t move, feeling a clash within. That is when she meets the fir—six millennia in the ground—found in Čadrg and made into a lyre, drum and whistle by Jani & Gorazd Kutin. Made of the same essence: time that sings. In this performance, Nataša Kramberger and Samo Kutin will breathe voice and ancient instruments to life—hurdy‑gurdy, harmonium, and bass harp crafted by Samo himself.
CIGU MIGU, CATS STRIGU
Wednesday, 24 June at 19:00, Slovenska ulica 13 | Špela Huzjak, Asja Grauf, Jaka Fiedler
Experience a unique musical journey through Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, folk and jazz eras. Guided by violinist Špela Huzjak, flautist Asja Grauf and guitarist Jaka Fiedler, this concert explores diverse music‑historical periods in an evocative performance.
The program is prepared by the Hiša! Association and is part of the Lent Festival 2025, organized by Narodni dom Maribor.
Free entry!
More: www.festival-lent.si
Free entry!
More: www.festival-lent.si